Identify the subplots and determine how they support the main plot line, or distract from it.

要能辨别出次要情节，判断出它们是如何支持或者转移主要情节的故事线。

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In these cases we have plotted a straight line from one plot to the next.

在这些情况中，我们在两点间绘制了一条直线。

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I had already written code that could draw bar charts, line graphs, and scatter plot graphs in SVG very nicely.

于是我便写了一些代码，以便能够精细地使用svg绘制柱状图、线图和散点图。

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Still, an achievement for Kepler, no doubt, but what we really want it to find is a planet home to beings who can explain the plot-line of Prometheus.

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But the fact that Rooney had not been included in the starting line up soon became another sub-plot within minutes of the final whistle being blown.

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Or, you could subtract the consumption line from the 45-degree line and get a saving line that you could plot against the investment line to get the same equilibrium levels.

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